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South Taconic Trail
Length 15. 7 mi (25. 3 km)
Location Duchess County and Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Use hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing
Highest Point Brace Mountain 2,304 feet (702 m)
Lowest Point Bash Bish Brook 732 feet (223 m)
Trail Difficulty Moderately difficult
Season easiest mid-May through early October
Hazards deer ticks, poison ivy, weather


The South Taconic Trail is a 15. Dutchess County is a County located in the US state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. There is also a Town of Columbia in New York Columbia County is a County located in the U For the Royal County of Berkshire UK see Berkshire Berkshire County is a non-governmental County located on the western In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to Brace Mountain is a prominent mountain in the south Taconic Mountains. A season is one of the major divisions of the Year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in Weather. A hazard is a situation which poses a level of threat to Life, Health, Property or environment. Deer Tick is the band name of Guitarist and Singer-songwriter John McCauley' s rock Super Group. 7 mi (25. 3 km) hiking trail in the Taconic Mountains of the Berkshires. The word 'hiking' is understood in all English-speaking countries but there are differences in usage The Taconic Mountains are a physiographic section of the larger New England province and part of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border Please note that this article on the Berkshires is about a geologic and cultural region in the United States for other uses see Berkshire (disambiguation The trail extends from the village of Whitehouse Crossing in Millerton, New York, north along the ridgecrest of the southern Taconic Range and the border of New York and Massachusetts, and ends at the Catamount Ski Area on Massachusetts Route 23 700 feet (210 m) east of the New York border in Egremont, Massachusetts. Millerton is a Village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Catamount Ski Area is a Ski resort located on Mount Fray of the Taconic Mountains in Hillsdale New York and South Egremont Massachusetts Route 23 is a west-east route in the western Massachusetts counties of Berkshire and Hampden. Egremont is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The Appalachian Trail, which traverses an adjacent ridgeline in the same mountain range, parallels the South Taconic Trail 3 mi (4. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A 8 km) to the east. The trails are connected to one another via shorter trails.

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The South Taconic Trail passes through the New York towns of Millerton and Copake and the Massachusetts towns of Mount Washington and Egremont. Copake is a Town in Columbia County, United States. New York, United States. This article is about a town in southwestern Massachusetts It should not be confused with Mount Washington, a mountain in New Hampshire it passes through Taconic State Park, Mount Washington State Forest, and Bash Bish Falls State Park. Taconic State Park is a New York State Park along the border with Massachusetts and Connecticut across Columbia County and Dutchess Mount Washington State Forest is a scenic state forest in the southern Taconic Mountains of the southwestern Berkshire region of Massachusetts. Bash Bish Falls State Park is a Massachusetts State park located in Mount Washington. The trail, marked with white blazes, follows a series of high, open summits and ridgeline overlooking the Hudson River Valley to the west. For the Magazine, see Hudson Valley (magazine Overnight camping is allowed on the trail at designated locations on Alander Mountain and at the Copake Falls Campground in Taconic State Park. The trail is maintained by the Berkshire Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, the mid-Hudson chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club, the New York - New Jersey Trail Conference, and the Sierra Club. The Appalachian Mountain Club ( AMC) is one of the United States' oldest outdoor groups The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK is a Nonprofit organization founded in 1922 The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (NYNJTC is a federation of approximately 10000 individual members and about 100 member organizations (mostly Hiking clubs and Mission statement To explore enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources To educate and

Forest types the South Taconic Trail are mixed oak-hickory forest and northern hardwood forest with microclimate summit balds and alkaline-loving plant communities. The oak-hickory forest is a general type of North American forest ecosystem with a range extending from southern New England and New York, west to The northern hardwood forest is a general type of North American forest ecosystem found over much of southeastern and south central Canada, extending south into the A microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the Climate differs from the surrounding area In the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, balds are mountain summits or crests covered primarily by thick vegetation of native grasses or shrubs occurring In Chemistry, an alkali (from Arabic: Al-Qaly القلي القالي) is a basic, ionic salt of an Alkali metal The geology is thrust faulted metamorphic rock over younger sedimentary rock. A thrust fault is a type of fault, or break in the Earth's crust with resulting movement of each side against the other in which a lower stratigraphic position is pushed up Metamorphic rock is the result of the transformation of an existing rock type the protolith, in a process called Metamorphism, which means "change Sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock types (the others being igneous and Metamorphic rock)

Features along the route include the summits of Brace Mountain, Alander Mountain, Sunset Rocks, Mount Fray, and perhaps Massachusetts' most famous waterfall, Bash Bish Falls. Brace Mountain is a prominent mountain in the south Taconic Mountains. Alander Mountain is a prominent peak of the south Taconic Mountains; it is located in southwest Massachusetts and adjacent New York. Mount Fray, also known as Catamount because of the Catamount Ski Area located on its north slope is a prominent peak of the south Taconic Mountains Summit From the top of the waterfalls known as the "Summit" one has a clear view across Massachusetts into New York State

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